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British Postal Museum and Archive: The Royal Mail Archive

Post Office: Private Office Papers: Marquess of Salisbury

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0813 POST 99 Series

Held at: British Postal Museum and Archive: The Royal Mail Archive

Title: Post Office: Private Office Papers: Marquess of Salisbury

Date(s): 1820-1823

Level of description: Series

Extent: 4 volumes

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CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Marquis of Salisbury, together with the Earl of Chichester, held the appointment of Joint Postmaster General from 6 April 1816. In May 1822 it was ordered in the House of Commons that the office of one of the Postmaster Generals be abolished to save revenue. Salisbury (the junior of the two) gave orders that his salary should be discontinued whilst he retained the appointment of Postmaster General. It was not until Salisbury's death on 13 June 1823 that Lord Chichester was appointed sole Postmaster General.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

This series consists of correspondence between the Marquess of Salisbury, Postmaster General, and Francis Freeling, Secretary of The Post Office, and mainly unnamed individuals. Subjects covered include staff appointments, the establishment and implementation of new Post Office services, letter traffic, the operation of services and instructions to staff.

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Language/scripts of material: English

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archivist's note: Entry checked by Barbara Ball